Can-delivering machine.



C. H. AYARS.

CAN DELIVERING MACHINE. APPLICATION HLED oc.e,19|5.

Patented July 4, 1916.

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c. H. AYARS.

CAN DELIVERING MACHINE. nrumon mm are. 8. ms.

1,190,236. Patented July 4, 1916.

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attolmw STATES PATENT OFFICE;

CHARLES H. AYARS, 0F SALEM, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO AYARs MACHINE COMPANY. OF SALEM, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

CAN-DELIVERING MACHINE Specification of Letters Patent.

'atented J u'ly 4,1916.

Application filed December a, 1915. Serial No. 65,529.

la: it lcnmvn that l, (HAL-mas ll. .\v.\l:s, a citizen of the ['nited States, residin; at Salem. in the county of Salem and'State of- New Jersey, have invented eertain new and useful Improvements in .-an-l)eliverin; .\laehines, of \vhieh the l'o|lo\vin; isa speeilieation.

This invention relates to an improved canteed, mechanism by means of which a series of cans may he ,reeeived from one souree (71' supply and then delivered so that solne of the cans may he earried in one direetion while others may he conveyed ina ditlerent direction.

\Vhile the'inventitm may he utilized to meet various eontingjeneies in the. art of eanmaking or canning, it is espeeiallyuseful in the canning' art where the use of the open top or so called sanitary can is employed,

because cans of this type are filled more rapidly than they can at present he, elosed owing to the fact that during the closing operation the cans successively are temporarily held against forward travel to permit aire-vo'lwing seaming tool to roll the can-head and body flanges into locked engagement As the filling operation is more rapid than the heading or closing operation, and it is un desirable to reduce the speed of the tiller to equal that of the header, the next heist thine to do is to provide a plurality of headers and also to divide the filled cans after they are discharged from the filler and deliver some of the onus to one header, and the other cans to another header. l

The present invention, there fore, relates to an improved meehanisnr whereby the runs may he received from one inaehine and their discharged at a plurality of points to he e0nveyed to other machines for further operations. I v 1 \Vith these and other objeetsin View the accompanying drawingsillustrate a l'ornvot machine for |n'aetieally carrying out the ill-- ventive idea 'just indicated.

Figure I, shows the maehine in top plan.

Fig. 2, illustrates the same in front elevation.

-F.ig.- 3, shows the driving meehanism and guide earn in top plan, as viewed on a horizontal line directly beneath the. conveyor disks. Fig.4, illustrates a vertieal sectional detail on an'enlarged scale. through one of the guide slots in the main dislc,-the seetion tom rilrand the slot. Each hloek has a bolt- 28, extending vertically therethrough so being taken on the line -l---l o l" Fig. l. and sho'u s' another eross-se etional detail through the sanie as though, taken oirtlie.

line 1+5 of Fig. -l.

y In the present illustration the nunu-ral 3, designatesthe diseharge portion of a filling or other maehine from which theeans 7; are discharged 'li someuneans, sm-h as a plunger H. and deposited on to a rota|'v dislt ('(Jll\'0 l't|' 9. This dish is earried .on Xi-[u eal shal't l li that isdri've'u li gears ll and lfi t he latter preterahly heing earried on a 'hol izontal shaft l i.-that is revolved hy suitahle l'llt'iilllStlll the lilhngor other maehine (i, not shown. 1

-ln the i'oi'inolniaehine illustrative lithe tical supports it and 13, respeetively, \vhie'h sustain vertical 'sh'al'ts 1t; and 17, of \vliieh the shaft 1h, ea fies dislttoriveyei; [S atvv its upper end, ainhslialt l7, earries a disk.

al at it vertiealshal t 10, another s1iroelcet,\vheel 41,

on th vertiealshajl't} l0, and a spig eket,

"wheel 22, on the shaft l7, and a chain 23,e.\-

tends aho utiand is engaged by eaeh ot'1, aid sproelt'ets so that i notioii is derived [rout shaft 10; and transmitted hy the sprocket ehain fli'i to thesliafts 1G and 17:. r\n idle fillet-i224, serves as a ehain tightener, and is provided fut-obvious pin-poses.

The, dis f1), is provided \YitllqlStll'iCS of ra-v dial sluts {5, and a slidahle bloek 2G, is v seated oii' tgliefdisk at; eaeh slot and each hloek ispro} lded-Ayith a bottom rih 27, that projeets doivn through the slot so that the-- block may slide radially across the said disk, being directed in such movement hy the hotthat its lower end will project helo\v the bottom rih 2'7, and said lower projecting end of theholt (:arrlesa roller 29 that is free to turn thereon.

Directly heneaththe disk 5), I provide a horizontal stationar eanrguide 3t vvhieh has a channel 31, in its upper side that re ceives the rollers 29, which are carried on the under side of each blockg-aud as the disk E), revolves. these rollers will follow the guide channel 31. and will thereby cause the blocks 2 to lnake one complete radial rcciprocation on the disk during each revolution of the latter.' The cam-guide 'M, is between the disk 9 and chain 2 3.

The speed of the disk f is such with respect to the receipt of the on-coming cans, that one can 1:2, will be pushed thereon directly in front of a block .26. while the next can 33. will be pushed on to said disk at a. point between two blocks. as shown in Fig. l of the drawilw. The cans '12. go on disk 1%. and alternating cans 53, on disk 19. By this means. as the disk 9. i'1 -\'olves in the direction of the dart, those cans 3'2. that are positioned in front of the blocks, will he gradually pushed-by the sliding blocks 26, toward the periphery of the said disk as the later revolves and approaches the disk lo. so that when those cans 322. reach the point where the disk 18 underlaps the disk 9. they will be ejected or pushed from disk J, by the sliding blocks, and deposited on said disk 18. After each can 3:! is deposited upon disk 18, the latter, which is continually traveling. will convey that can around to a point where it is engaged by an arm or bar 34, which projects over the top of the. disk lb, and by such engagement will cause said can 32, to move laterally from disk 18, and pass on to a con veyer 2&5. which will convey it to a header, or other machine for further operation.

An arm or bar 36, is provided and projects over the disk 18, and prevents the cans :32. from accidentally passing oti said disk before reaching the conveyer 35.

\s to the cans, 33, it will be seen that as they are delivered on to disk 9, at points between the blocks :26 they will snnplfy travel around on said disk 9, until they are engaged by a bar or arm 37, that extends inwardly over the disk from the periphery of the cam, and said cans 33, when brought into contact with this arm will be gradually moved laterall toward the eriphery of said disk as tiey approach tie revolving disk 19. As these cans 33, are'advanced during their engagement with the arm 37, they will obviously be push'ed laterally onto the disk 19, and the latter \gill then carry them around until they engage an arm 38, that projects over the top of said disk 19, which latter arm will direct them onto the conveyer 39, that will carry them to another header or another machine for further operation.

short arm 40, projects over the rotary disk It), from the receiving end-of conveyer 3!), to aid in directing the cans onto the latter eonveyer, and to prevent accidental discharge of the cans before reaching arm 38.

The cam-guide 30, may be sustained in any suitable manner. but in the present instance I provide a series of arms 4-1, that extend upwardly from a support 4:2, that forms a bearing for the vertical shaft 10, and said arms sustain said cam-guide.

llaving described my invention, what I claim is,-

l. The combination. with a rotating table on which cans may be placed and bodily carried. of a conveyer branching from the a-riphery of the said rotary ta le, and means for moving some of the cans from the periphery of the rotating table onto the said branch conve \'er and allowing other cans to remain on the table amLpas-s said branch conveyei'. t I

l. The combination with a rotary table on which cans may be placed and bodily carried. of a plurality of conveyors,extending radially from the periphery of the rotary table: means for moving some of the cans from the periphery of the rotary talile onto one of the said radially-extending conveyers. and means for moving other of said cans from the periphery of the rotary table onto another of said rudially-extemling convc-yers.

3. The combination with a rotary table to support and bodily carry cans. of means for feeding cans onto said rotary table; a plurality of eonveyers extending radially from the periphery of the rotary table; means for moving some of the cans from the periphery of the rotary table onto'one of said rmlially-extending conveyers and allowing other of said cans on the said rotary table to pass onto another radially-extending convcyer. I

la The combination with a rotary table to support and bodily carry cans, of means for feeding cans onto said rotary table; a plurality ot' conveyors extending away from the periphery of the rotary table; reciprocating means to move some of the cans across the wriphery of the rotary table onto one of the said conveycrs and means for moving other of said cans across the periphery of said rotar table onto another of said conveyors.

5. The combination with a circular disk to support and bodilv carry cans, of means for revolving said disk; means for feeding cans onto the disk: two conveyers traveling away from no periphery of saidv disk; means for moving some of the cans across the periphery of the disk onto one of said traveling com'eyers and ,means for moving others of said cansfalso across the, periphery of the disk onto the other of said'two conveyors. y v

6. The combination with a flat circular disk to support and bodily carry cans. of means for revolving said disk: itwqyconveyers traveling away from the periphery of the revolving disk; reciprocating means carried by the disk; means for moving the reciprocating means toward the periphery of the disk as it approaches one of said two convevers to push a can across the periphery of the disk onto one of said eonveyers and means for moving another of said cans across the periphery of the disk onto the other of said conveyers.

7. The combination with a circular disk to support and bodily carry cans, of means for revolving said disk; two separate con veyers travelin; away from the periphery of the circular disk; a plurality of ejecting devices above the circular disk; means for radially reciprocating said devices to move some of the Cans acro. the periphery of the disk onto one of =id conveyors and means for moving otl r cans across the peripherv of said disk onto the other of said conveyers.

8. The combination with a circular disk to support and bodily carry cans, of two conveyers extending away from the periplr eryof the disk; a plurality of ejecting devices above the disk; means for feeding some cans onto the disk in the paths of the ejecting devices and feeding other cans onto said disk out of the path of said ejecting devices; means for reciprocating the ejecting devices to push some of the cans from the periphery of the disk onto one of said two conveyers and means for moving the other of said cans from the disk onto the other of said two conveyers.

9. The combination with a rotary can con- "eyer, of two rotary disks; means for feeding cans onto the rotary conveyer; means for moving some of the cans from the rotary conveyer onto one of said disks and means for moving other of said cans from the rotary conveyer onto the other of said disks.

10. The combination with a rotary can conveyer, of two rotary disks; can-ejecting means movable with the rotary conveyer to move some of the cans onto one of said disks; and means for moving other of said cans onto the other of said disks.

11. The combination with a rotary can conveyor, of two rotary disks,a conveyer adjacent to each disk; means for moving some cans from the rotary conveyer onto one disk; means for moving other cans from the rotary eonveyer onto the other disk; means for transferring cans from one disk to one conveyor and means for transferring cans from the other disk to the other conveyer.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signa ture in the presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES H. AYARS.

Vitnesses:

MARY D. BANKS, I. OAKFORD Ac'roN. 

